HAFTARAH FOR PARSHAS BO

Ashkenaz & Sefarad
(Yirmeyah 46:13-46:28)

Teimani
(Yeshayah 19:1-19:25)


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Yirmeyah 46:13-46:28

מו:יג   הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יקוק, אֶל-יִרְמְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא--לָבוֹא, נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל, לְהַכּוֹת, אֶת-אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם.46:13 The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.
יד   הַגִּידוּ בְמִצְרַיִם וְהַשְׁמִיעוּ בְמִגְדּוֹל, וְהַשְׁמִיעוּ בְנֹף וּבְתַחְפַּנְחֵס; אִמְרוּ, הִתְיַצֵּב וְהָכֵן לָךְ--כִּי-אָכְלָה חֶרֶב, סְבִיבֶיךָ.14 Declare ye in Egypt, and announce in Migdol, and announce in Noph and in Tahpanhes; say ye: 'Stand forth, and prepare thee, for the sword hath devoured round about thee.'
טו   מַדּוּעַ, נִסְחַף אַבִּירֶיךָ:  לֹא עָמַד, כִּי יקוק הֲדָפוֹ.15 Why is thy strong one overthrown? He stood not, because the LORD did thrust him down.
טז   הִרְבָּה, כּוֹשֵׁל; גַּם-נָפַל אִישׁ אֶל-רֵעֵהוּ, וַיֹּאמְרוּ קוּמָה וְנָשֻׁבָה אֶל-עַמֵּנוּ וְאֶל-אֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתֵּנוּ, מִפְּנֵי, חֶרֶב הַיּוֹנָה.16 He made many to stumble; yea, they fell one upon another, and said: 'Arise, and let us return to our own people, and to the land of our birth, from the oppressing sword.'
יז   קָרְאוּ, שָׁם, פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ-מִצְרַיִם שָׁאוֹן, הֶעֱבִיר הַמּוֹעֵד.17 They cried there: 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath let the appointed time pass by.'
יח   חַי-אָנִי, נְאֻם-הַמֶּלֶךְ--יקוק צְבָאוֹת, שְׁמוֹ:  כִּי כְּתָבוֹר בֶּהָרִים, וּכְכַרְמֶל בַּיָּם יָבוֹא.18 As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains, and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.
יט   כְּלֵי גוֹלָה עֲשִׂי לָךְ, יוֹשֶׁבֶת בַּת-מִצְרָיִם:  כִּי-נֹף לְשַׁמָּה תִהְיֶה, וְנִצְּתָה מֵאֵין יוֹשֵׁב. 19 O thou daughter that dwellest in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity; for Noph shall become a desolation, and shall be laid waste, without inhabitant.
כ   עֶגְלָה יְפֵה-פִיָּה, מִצְרָיִם; קֶרֶץ מִצָּפוֹן, בָּא בָא.20 Egypt is a very fair heifer; but the gadfly out of the north is come, it is come.
כא   גַּם-שְׂכִרֶיהָ בְקִרְבָּהּ כְּעֶגְלֵי מַרְבֵּק, כִּי-גַם-הֵמָּה הִפְנוּ נָסוּ יַחְדָּיו לֹא עָמָדוּ:  כִּי יוֹם אֵידָם בָּא עֲלֵיהֶם, עֵת פְּקֻדָּתָם.21 Also her mercenaries in the midst of her are like calves of the stall, for they also are turned back, they are fled away together, they did not stand; for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation.
כב   קוֹלָהּ, כַּנָּחָשׁ יֵלֵךְ:  כִּי-בְחַיִל יֵלֵכוּ--וּבְקַרְדֻּמּוֹת בָּאוּ לָהּ, כְּחֹטְבֵי עֵצִים.22 The sound thereof shall go like the serpent's; for they march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.
כג   כָּרְתוּ יַעְרָהּ נְאֻם-יקוק, כִּי לֹא יֵחָקֵר:  כִּי רַבּוּ מֵאַרְבֶּה, וְאֵין לָהֶם מִסְפָּר.23 They cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the locusts, and are innumerable.
כד   הֹבִישָׁה, בַּת-מִצְרָיִם; נִתְּנָה, בְּיַד עַם-צָפוֹן.24 The daughter of Egypt is put to shame; she is delivered into the hand of the people of the north.
כה   אָמַר יקוק צְבָאוֹת א-לקי יִשְׂרָאֵל, הִנְנִי פוֹקֵד אֶל-אָמוֹן מִנֹּא, וְעַל-פַּרְעֹה וְעַל-מִצְרַיִם, וְעַל-אֱלֹהֶיהָ וְעַל-מְלָכֶיהָ; וְעַל-פַּרְעֹה--וְעַל הַבֹּטְחִים, בּוֹ.25 The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith: Behold, I will punish Amon of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with her gods, and her kings; even Pharaoh, and them that trust in him;
כו   וּנְתַתִּים, בְּיַד מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשָׁם, וּבְיַד נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ-בָּבֶל, וּבְיַד-עֲבָדָיו; וְאַחֲרֵי-כֵן תִּשְׁכֹּן כִּימֵי-קֶדֶם, נְאֻם-יקוק26 and I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants; and afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.
כז   וְאַתָּה אַל-תִּירָא עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב, וְאַל-תֵּחַת יִשְׂרָאֵל--כִּי הִנְנִי מוֹשִׁעֲךָ מֵרָחוֹק, וְאֶת-זַרְעֲךָ מֵאֶרֶץ שִׁבְיָם; וְשָׁב יַעֲקוֹב וְשָׁקַט וְשַׁאֲנַן, וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד.27 But fear not thou, O Jacob My servant, neither be dismayed, O Israel; for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall again be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.
כח   אַתָּה אַל-תִּירָא עַבְדִּי יַעֲקֹב, נְאֻם-יקוק--כִּי אִתְּךָ, אָנִי:  כִּי אֶעֱשֶׂה כָלָה בְּכָל-הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר הִדַּחְתִּיךָ שָּׁמָּה, וְאֹתְךָ לֹא-אֶעֱשֶׂה כָלָה, וְיִסַּרְתִּיךָ לַמִּשְׁפָּט, וְנַקֵּה לֹא אֲנַקֶּךָּ. 28 Fear not thou, O Jacob My servant, saith the LORD, for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; and I will correct thee in measure, but will not utterly destroy thee.
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